Thread: Challenge of the Holy Warrior Event

Originally Posted by Samyy

please tank iron golem with leanne..k thanks

Last I heard, the golems are only getting tanked by VERY specific units and are better off being killed by range with tokens to slow them down unless you have said units ready to roll. Maribel might qualify, but that's one of those niche situations Ericridge mentioned near the end of his post. In most situations, Leanne is better at the HA's job until Maribel gets to high AW levels.

Here, maribel could perform even better than bernice thx to her higher skill multiplier. Like i said on my other post, maribel here is better than leeanne too because:

Leeanne's skill has 30 seconds initial, while
Maribel's skill has 12.5, consider maxing Maribel's skill/cost is way easier and cheap than leeanne but thats another matter. I used leeanne on bernices spot but sucked because after lions came her skill still had like 10 seconds to be activated, i couldnt placed her earlier either because of other units. (sophie solved all my problems at next try )

What im trying to say is most moderate-hard maps have few situations where heavy def needed, i mean you dont need to block bosses 7/24, they just come at mid and at the end of the stage and i think Maribel's 25 sec cooldown is not so bad like leeanne's and 40 sec uptime is even better for that.

Lets say a boss need to tanked longer than 40 seconds where maribel becomes useless, i think Leeanne becomes so too as well. I mean Leeannes skill has even lower uptime which can led her to misery even earlier than maribel.

Also, Maribel is again better for early rushes due to her higher atk than leeanne, cuz she can kill the stuff thx to her high attack and when big guys come she'll already be ready thx to her low initial. I'll just try to get her maxed even while having max aff sophie and leenne, dunno what to do with bernard tho, probably maribel aw fodder

The thing about Maribel is she isn't a typical HA so it's tricky comparing her to the others. Outside of Garret (and Deine but she's a Black anyways) the rest have a clear, heavy focus on defense while due to her stats and skill she's something of a bulky dps instead. As far as tanking goes, the fact that Maribel is often compared to Leanne, a Silver, instead of Gellius (a plat like her) or even Bernice (gold) says a lot about her full-time tanking ability. Also keeping in mind she'd have to tank an extra enemy if she AWs hurts her in comparisons to Leanne as well.

TLDR: If you have Bernice, Gellius or Deine and a bulky dps like Shizuka, Cornelia or Elva (there are other bulky dps, of course, these are just examples) then you don't really need to worry about getting a good Maribel. If your only tank is Leanne, or you have no bulky dps, she's a solid fill-in for those roles if you have no other options. Be careful if you AW her though.

Alt is min-cost, 4/5
Main is -3, 5/5
Both are opposite guess i'll get 2 perfect maribels till event ends.

Nice event revival !
Thanks for the tips about maxing Meribel... if she's not so tough in defense compared to Bernice, I don't see the point of maxing her... for DPS there are better options

Only reason compared to Bernice is if ranged deployment slots are at a premium, it's nice if your blocker can kill stuff solo. Not sure if Bernice is capable of tanking golems with skill up, need some numbers on them, I believe Maribel can with max skill and high AW level (though with 4 blocks, doing so with either is risky, given the golems' apparently massive attack stat it seems you wouldn't want other enemies smacking your blocker as well while healers are trying to heal up from that massive hit).

From one event to another, huh?

Meanwhile, Lines of Armor 2 is a long map. By the end I had 418 UP, most I've ever seen myself get, and it would have been more if I'd kept Katie on the field...

Just mincosted Maribel and normally I'd feel pretty good about that, especially since I don't have another HA besides Leeanne. Then I see this talk about her having low stats for a platinum and that her skill is basically her saving grace, and now I'm all kinds of grumpy since that's only at 2/5. Sigh, at least her final map is easy as heck.

Originally Posted by Samyy

your talking about steel golem in magic city not iron.

OK, so Iron Golems are weaker I take it (but still strong enough to one-shot Leanne)?

Regardless, Maribel will be an upgrade to those who only have Leanne, Bernard and/or Garret or lack an off-tank/bulky dps, the others are better in almost every situation that you actually want a durable blocker.

@Tony: Skill isn't too bad to raise, since you can always use Rainbow Spirits later. Min-costing is the important part since you won't get many chances to do it after the event (not many = 0 unless you whale enough to get the Bond Fairies from SL Stamp Card)

which map best to farm her?